PowerShell/Docs/list-folder.md

The list-folder.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script lists the directory content formatted in columns.

Parameters

list-folder.ps1 [[-SearchPattern] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-SearchPattern <String>
    Specifies the search pattern, "*" by default (means anything)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                *
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./list-folder C:\

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Lists the folder content .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists the directory content formatted in columns. .PARAMETER SearchPattern Specifies the search pattern, "*" by default (means anything) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-folder C:
.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

param([string]$SearchPattern = "*")

function ListFolder { param([string]$SearchPattern) $Items = get-childItem -path "$SearchPattern" foreach ($Item in $Items) { $Name = $Item.Name if ($Name[0] -eq '.') { continue } # hidden file/dir if ($Item.Mode -like "d*") { $Icon = "📂" } elseif ($Name -like ".iso") { $Icon = "📀" } elseif ($Name -like ".mp3") { $Icon = "🎵" } elseif ($Name -like "*.epub") { $Icon = "📓" } else { $Icon = "📄" } new-object PSObject -Property @{ Name = "$Icon$Name" } } }

try { ListFolder $SearchPattern | format-wide -autoSize exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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